Latch



9: QLQSURE FASTENERS .No; 751,450. v PATENTED FEB. 9, 1904. A. P. BECK.

LATCH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

9 H i aHIMm-m a ggi if umb wnsumuron, p cv UNITE STATES Patented February 9,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW P. BEG K, OF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

"LATCH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 751,450, dated February 9, 1904.

Application filed January 16, 1903. serial No. 139,260. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW P. BECK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenville, county of Montcalm, and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in a Combined Latch and Handle, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters 'of reference indicate corre- 'sponding parts.

This invention relates to combined latches and handles.

-' a and handle for the doors of refrigerators door in closed position and said jamb-plate 1 The invention has for its 'object to provide an effectual and inexpensive combined latch doors of the same character.

The lnvention' also has divers other objects morefully hereinafter set forth.

1 The nature of the invention consists in the combination, with adoor, a bracket comprismg two rectangular plates, an ear, andaflange,

allintegrai and fastened on said door,.and a curved lever having lateral extensions pivoted between said flange and ear, of a bowed jambjplate notched in its edgeand arranged so that belngengaged by one of the extensions of said lever such lever is enabled toholdsaid .and said lever so arranged that they. are both I reversible, as hereinafter more fully set' forth.

The nature of the invention also consists in divers other novel features, which" willbe fully understood from the following general ator-door and a partof the jambs thereof with 'my lnventlon attached. Fig. 2 is a face view in elevation of my invention. Fig.3 is an part of the door-jamb in section.

edge view in elevation of the same, showing-a A designates a bracket embodying the plate A whlch 18 substantially of, rectangular form,

- the flange a forming an integral part'of and extended at right angles to the plate A and the ear a, which is also integral withsaid one end the extension 0.

plate A and extended parallel with the flange a. The flange a and the ear (0 are so arranged that there will be enough space between them to pivot the end of a lever therein, as hereinafter set forth.

B designates a door to which this bracket is fastened by means of screws, bolts, or inany other available way. D designates a le- E designates a metallic plate having the bends 0e 0 a as illustrated. Thls plate E,

which is the jamb-plate,z is also cut with the notch f and is to be fastened to the jamb, as illustratechby screws, bolts, or in any other convenient and available way. It is here shown as being so arranged that when the door is closed the extension cl of the lever D will pass through the notch f and engage the mner face of the plate E.

To use my invention, the parts are to be assembled and fastened as, illustrated. To close the door, the operator, grasping the lever with his hand, raises it into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. He.,then

pushes the door to, still holding the' lever in the same position. Justas the door closes the extension (Z of the lever D passes through the notch f. Then if the operator deflects the lever D into the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 3 the extension d, engaging the inside surface of the jamb-plate E, as illustrated, will drive the door home,-and the lever, resting with its extension 0 on the plate 0', will hold the door firmly in such closed position. To open the door, .the operator lifts the lever again into the position illustrated in dotted lines in said Fig. 3. The extension d will then register the notch f and when the operator pulls on said lever D will come out through the notch f and the-deer will be free to be opened. The lever D may thus be used both as a lever to clamp the door in closed position and also as a handle for the latching device. .It will also be seen that the lever D is provided with extensions on each side, so that it may be inverted, and that the jambplate E is also constructed so that it can be inverted. In this Way this latch may be used with a door opening to the right or a door opening to theleft, as may be required.

In the example of my invention here given I have illustrated my invention as applied to the door of a refrigerator; but it is evident that it can be successfully applied to divers other doors used for divers other purposes. I therefore do not confine myself strictly to the construction and arrangement here shown and described, as it is evident that under the scope and spirit of my invention I am entitled to such changes of form and arrange ment as can be made without departing from the scope thereof.

Having now described what my invention is and how the same is constructed and used,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a door, a bracket emloodying two rectangular base-plates, an ear and a flange, all integral, and fastened to said door, and a curved lover pivoted between said flange and ear, and having lateral extensions, of the bowed jamb-plate having a notch in the edge thereof, and arranged so that by being engaged by said extension of the lever,

ANDREW P. BECK.

Witnesses:

OI-IAs. KYLE, O. M. OHITTIOK. 

